Channel Marketing Manager
Location: US, CA, San Francisco
Department: Marketing
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Marketing

Company profile:
Vend is looking for some awesome new talent to come join us. You'll be working in an awesome team doing awesome things, and generally being awesome.Learn about us on our blog, or meet the team on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedInAwesome SpaceOur brand new Auckland office space is located on Nuffield Street in Newmarket, surrounded by our customers and the industry we love. It is huge, open, and shiny new with great meeting room spaces, casual working environments and plenty of space to host awesome events. We don't do cubicles, just plenty of space, whiteboards and meetings rooms. We also have a great cafe/retail space with our very own Front of House Manager taking care of our visitors and fellow Venders. Like Auckland our Melbourne office is surrounded by retail. It's a great wee space equipped with tiny houses and some awesome cardboard cutout animals.Our Toronto office is located right in the heart of downtown retail district. Like Melbourne and Auckland there's a great vibe with great coffee, boutique stores and some of the greatest restaurants in the city. Our SoMa office in San Francisco is located in the middle of the SF tech scene, just a (Biz) stone's throw from Twitter.The EnvironmentWe want you to be at the top of your game. You can wear whatever clothing you like, start work late in the morning, take breaks whenever you want and generally work the way you want to work. Who we're looking forVend is looking for people to push the boundaries. We are a hard working professional team with a wicked sense of humour, and we are looking for people who thrive in a collaborative open environment. We want passionate, hard working, talented individuals that want to lead in their field.

Job description:
Opportunities like this don’t come by very often. And we’re not just saying that either! If you don’t know already, Vend was founded in New Zealand in 2010 and is an award winning, venture backed, cloud-based point of sale platform for retail.  We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful software.  We’re shaking things up and pushing out innovations, creating huge demand for our SaaS solution all over the world. We love small business retail and the technologies that empower local retailers to compete with the big chains and restore delight to the neighborhood shopping experience.  Accordingly, we immerse ourselves in these worlds in our New Zealand headquarters and in all of our international offices, including Melbourne, Toronto, San Francisco, Berlin &amp; now, London.We’re looking for someone entrepreneurial, and creative who can work closely with the VP of Channel Sales to identify and develop marketing opportunities to recruit new partners, and provide resources, materials, and expertise to enable existing partners so they are able to promote Vend and drive new business.To rock in this role you will be responsible for; Content and design of partner resources on the corporate website, includingvend experts directoryadd-ons directoryhardware directorycustom developer directoryContent on partner websites where Vend is featured.Working with channel team on partner recruitment event opportunities (sponsorships, speaking engagements, roadshows)Working with online marketing team in San Francisco and Auckland on inbound partner marketing and promotions, including advertising, content, and resultsProviding materials for partners to promote Vend and find new business (online badges, copy, imagery, backlinks, printed materials etc)Ensuring consistency of brand assets across partner websites (logos, copy, landing pages) and provide online resources to help partners market themselves and Vend (blog articles, tips, video content)Defining and deliver a strategy and budget for sponsored partner events to recruit new Vend customersWorking with the product and support team to deliver a timely calendar of announcements of new add-on partnersIdentifying vertical marketing opportunities with new and existing add-ons, develop a content and inbound strategy to reach new customers through add-on co-marketing and events

Requirements:
Between 3 - 5 years experience in a channel marketing role with similar responsibilities to this roleA strong understanding of the retail industry, SaaS and transformative technologies like VendExperience managing events, from research to execution, achieving an ROI on budgetBuild wonderful relationships with other Venders who will be working with you on design, content, events, sponsorships, sales, business development and product related “stuff”.Ability to manage complex projects and multi-task with excellent organization skills.Comfort with a fast-paced environment and changing requirements.Ability to flourish with minimal guidance, be proactive, and handle uncertainty and ambiguity.Step outside the box regularly (in fact let’s ditch ‘the box’ altogether).A sense of humor. Seriously. 

Benefits:
What can you expect from us?We have an open culture where we openly share our results and where your input is truly valued.Ensure that your work is making the lives of retailers and Vend experts easier.We work hard but also have a lot of fun while we’re at it!Work-life balance. We know you have a life outside of work and at Vend you can have a life inside work too.Utilise all your talents. Not just the ones written in your job description.We welcome all of you at work. We don’t want you to leave your personality at the door.If you’re interested in joining one of New Zealand’s (okay, the world's) most exciting companies, Best Workplaces and obviously the most fun and hard working environments around, we’d love to hear from you.Get in touch, apply now, hit that button, get it done and come have a chat with us. We can’t wait to hear from you!